When I first began this blog, I really wanted to teach others how I went from heroin addict & 5 time felon (whose record is now expunged 🙌🏼!) back to functioning human & how they can do the same.

Over time, as life happened & more babies were added to our family, I focused on other interests that were important to me at the time (and still are). I volunteered at City Gospel Mission once a month on a Friday to “humble myself so I wouldn’t forget where I came from and remind myself that I could be back there at any moment” (and because I genuinely enjoyed it) until the world shut down, but I will admit- I thought less and less about food banks since the beginning of my sobriety… until I began needing them again a couple years ago for the first time since getting sober. Well, I’m back here… And still sober. Didn’t see that one coming!

Over those last couple years, the food banks, not only in Cincinnati, but throughout America, have served more people than ever before. They are struggling to keep up with the amount of people who are currently facing food insecurity in America. Similar articles can be found showing that this has been going on continuously since 2020, and only getting worse daily.

When UNWLA Branch 144 first formed, I was tasked with this job to create a list for group of all of these places – in Ukrainian language – for the major influx of Ukrainian refugees, but with homeschooling, and homemaking/mini homesteading, and also going back to work part time for the first time in 6 years, I continued to push it down further and further on my list of priorities.

However, lately, more & more people have been asking me where they can go to get help with food, so I wanted to put together a super master list that I can share anytime someone needs help. A list that will involve every single place, by area, with a list of documents required all in one place (that will be translated into Ukrainian still as well 💙💛) because searching for these places can be extremely tedious and overwhelming.

I’ve been waiting to post this until it was perfectly finished, but with it being such a major need at this time, I decided the perfect time is now. I will continue to add to & work on this list as time allows.

Because of how large each county is, and how many places are available, especially in Hamilton Co., I am going to break it down by county to make it easier. So, in other words this is only the first list. I’ll link counties at the bottom of this page as I complete them. Other resources besides food will be listed in separate posts. Places with ♡ by the name will accept any Hamilton County resident.

I truly hope this helps ❤️

CENTRAL

Avondale, Bond Hill, Deer Park, Hartwell, Kennedy Heights, Kenwood, Oakley, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Roselawn, Silverton

♡ • Adventist Community Services • ♡

Address: 725 Whittier Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Contact: 513-518-9213

Hours: Monday & Wednesday 11:30 am – 2 pm. Not open the first week of each month.

CENTRAL

♡ • Adventist Community Services • ♡

• Caring Place •

• Church of the Ressurrection | Bond Hill Food Pantry •

♡ • Greater New Hope Missionary Church Food Pantry • ♡

• Love Star Food Pantry •

• Madisonville Education & Assistance Center •

• Nativity of Our Lord / Bond Hill Food Pantry •

• N.E.E.Ds Food Panty @ Kenwood Baptist Church •

• New Life Temple Church •

• Norwood Service League •

• Oakley Community Food Pantry •

♡ • Olivet Baptist Church Food Pantry • ♡

• Operation Give Back •

• Valley Interfaith Church •

• Woven Oak Initiative •

NORTH

• Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry •

• Corpus Christi Church Food Pantry •

• Christ’s Community in College Hill •

• Fairfield Food Pantry •

• Gray Road Church of Christ •

♡ • Healing Center • ♡

• House of Praise •

• Lincoln Heights Baptist Church •

• Little Flower Church •

• Mother of Christ Church •

• Mt. Healthy Alliance Choice Food Pantry •

• SON Ministries-Groesbeck UM Church Food Pantry •

• Tri-County Soul Pantry

• West College Hill Neighborhood Services •

SOUTH

• Bea Taylor Market •

• Bellarmine Chapel SVDP •

• Bethlehem Baptist: Love Star Pantry •

• Church of Advent Open Door Ministry •

♡ • City Gospel Mission • ♡

• Community Market •

• Corinthian Baptist Church •

• Faith Food Pantry •

• For His Glory Pantry •

♡ • FreeStore FoodBank • ♡

• Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church •

• Holy Family Church SVDP Pantry •

• Immanuel United Church of Christ •

• Jewish Family Services | Heldman Family Food Pantry •

• Mercy Neighborhood Ministries •

• Mother of Christ Church •

♡ • Our Daily Bread • ♡

♡ • Queen City Food Kitchen & Choice Food Pantry • ♡

♡ • St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Choice Food Pantry • ♡

♡ • St. Francis Seraph Ministries • ♡

• St. George Interfaith Food Pantry •

• St. Joseph Catholic Church •

• St. Leo Church •

♡ • St. Vincent de Paul Society • ♡

♡ • Salvation Army Choice Food Pantry of Cincinnati• ♡

• Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses •

♡ • Ted & Becky Catino Choice Food Pantry • ♡

♡ • Union Baptist Church Food Pantry • ♡

• Walnut Hills Food Pantry •

♡ • Washington United Church of Christ • ♡

• West End Emergency Center •

• York Street United Methodist Church •

WEST

• Addyston United Methodist Church Pantry •

• Anderson Ferry Church of Christ •

• C.A.I.N. (Churches Active in Northside •

• Central Church of Christ •

• Childhood Food Solutions Food Pantry •

• Edward J. Eiding Food Pantry at Eden Chapel •

• Gray Road Church of Christ •

• Harrison Avenue Assembly of God •

♡ • Harrison Avenue Church on Fire • ♡

♡ • Helping Hands Pantry • ♡

• Manna Outreach INC. Pantry •

• Mt. Healthy Alliance Food Pantry •

• Mt. Hope Baptist Church •

♡ • Oak Hills United Methodist Church • ♡

• St. Boniface Pantry SVDP •